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Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
